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[[Image:{{Infobox Building|image=SpanishJail.jpg|thumb|right|300pxcaption=|name=The old Spanish jail on <br/><small>also known as the ''calaboose''</small>|location=SW corner [[Alcaniz Street|Alcaniz]]and [[Intendencia Street]]s|architect=|client=|engineer=|owner=|construction_start_date=[[Second Spanish period]]|completion_date=|renovations=|date_demolished=|cost=|structural_system=Brick|style=|size=Two stories|mapcode=}}
The '''Spanish jail''' or '''gaol''', known in Spanish as the '''''calabozo''''' ("dungeon") and corrupted in English to '''calaboose''', was constructed during Pensacola's [[second Spanish period]] at the southwest corner of [[Alcaniz Street|Alcaniz]] and [[Intendencia Street]]s. Despite conditions that were described as "deplorable" by federal surveyors who inventoried the Spanish properties after the [[1821]] transfer to the United States, it remained the primary detention facility for both Pensacola and [[Escambia County]] until [[1875]], when a [[Old Escambia County Jail|new county jail]] was constructed on [[Jefferson Street]] at [[Main Street|Main]].